https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:49:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472075 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:37:00 +0000 Suz 472075@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, I went back and read a bunch of Angie's posts on this. I think to some extent it depends on the width of the leg. Some straight legs will be wide enough to go over a shoe, and others won't. If they're too narrow, treat more or less as skinnies, scrunching as you like or not (so it would be okay to wear a bit shorter, too, to taste). If they ARE wide enough to go over the shoe then you can wear a bit longer. It makes sense, really. </p> <p>These ones are wide enough that I can actually wear them OVER tall boots if I want (though I probably wouldn't) but not wide enough to go cover a shoe in any way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472070 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:33:20 +0000 rae 472070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been keeping an eye on this thread, becasue I didn't know the answer. Very pleased to see that this is the correct length - it's how I've been wearing my straight legs, since they are too narrow to drape over my wedges. Woohoo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472059 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:19:30 +0000 Suz 472059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Lynne; it is great to get recommendations! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472058 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:14:34 +0000 lynne 472058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, they look great! I've given up on skinny jeans and wear narrow straight legs instead. I need a higher rise and the James Jean Hunter has become my best friend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472044 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:45:08 +0000 Suz 472044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&lt;whew...fans self after a K rating for JEANS, no less!! Now I must go review them for the store...but I will wait until I have washed so I can report on shrinkage.&gt;</p> <p>Claire, you crack me up! Honestly, you really SHOULD be a writer. No joke. </p> <p>Re the Gap: Definitely try these jeans; they will not cling as tightly to your slender legs but might be just the look you have been after. And then wait for a sale/coupon to buy them. </p> <p>In addition to the slub t (which I didn't end up buying) they had, for $10 (at my store) a cotton-modal blend which is what I am wearing. It is very comfortable. I don't know how it will wash and the neckline might be too high for some, but as a small busted person living in a cold climate it works for me for winter. And covers my bony chest. The blue cotton-modal one would be a gorgeous colour on you. </p> <p>Thank you, morethanbeige....so sweet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472042 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:43:33 +0000 Anonymous 472042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love them, and as we have met in person, I think I can say this:</p> <p>Nice a$$ :)</p> <p>They look great, I think you should have picked up 2 pairs </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472034 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:34:21 +0000 morethanbeige 472034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, these look fantastic on you. You are looking so good lately...fab haircut, attitude, fab clothes, you go girl! I love your posts! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl/page/2#post-472023 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:23:55 +0000 Anonymous 472023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hahahaha! I thought Kristen was talking about your "booty" as opposed to your "booties" for a minute....I just couldn't understand how she could wear her jeans lower on her bootie, lol!</p> <p>I just found out there is a Gap between here and the airport, where I have to go to pick up the hubs today (YAY). I will be rifling through the stacks looking for some Real Straights that I can only hope look *half* as good as these do on you! I'm also intrigued by the Skinny Boot, so I'll post a thread if I have any luck. I'll be checking out the slubbed T, too. I hope they are well-stocked. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-472017 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:18:10 +0000 Angie 472017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't read the comments, Suz. But these jeans look KILLER. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471928 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:49:56 +0000 Kristen 471928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a big fan of GAP Real Straight pants and jeans. These look terrific on you!</p> <p>As for PPL, I wear mine much lower down on the bootie, so to my eye those look too short for the bootie you have on. I buy the longs for heels and the regular for flats and boots. But Angie is really the best at PPL so I would go with whatever she suggests. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471924 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:29:31 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 471924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great jeans Suz. I think the length is good on you and they look good with the shoes and the boots. The sad thing with GAP is that you can find the perfect jean and their sizing is so far out that you may never be able to recreate the look. Hang on to those babies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471920 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:53:13 +0000 Jjsloane 471920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The way those fit you and look in the back who will be looking at your PPL??? Seriously, they fit you perfectly. Good choice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471905 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:28:05 +0000 Deborah 471905@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz, these look great on you! I think the length is good but again I defer to the expert :). The rise on these is particularly flattering if you are tucking. The line of the leg is good too... Looks like you found your jeans </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471870 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:56:17 +0000 Anonymous 471870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Suz, you look wonderful in those jeans. The length looks ok to my eye, especially if you haven't washed them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471823 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:26:17 +0000 Suz 471823@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Sveta. I'll post another thread of the skinnies tomorrow or later in the week. Picture taking time was limited tonight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471816 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:22:18 +0000 Sveta 471816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They look great, Suz! I have the same problem with calf fit - and this is with straight fit!<br /> Can we also see the pics of Always Skinny? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471814 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:21:40 +0000 Suz 471814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Refugee, that is a good tip. Both tips, actually! I will see what happens with these after a wash. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471810 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:18:55 +0000 Refugee 471810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my goodness, you are most certainly not the only one who suffers from this problem! I have this problem as well. To the point that my knees hurt from the weird pressure some skinnies can put on them as they catch on my calves. I have been happy with the rail straights at Madewell. You might give them a look.<br /> As far as these particular jeans on you, I would vote for a bit shorter. When it comes to straight leg jeans/pants (and I prefer them over boot cut/flares) these seem to have a bit too much break. Straight legs will show a bit more shoe than boot cuts/flares. And they should be straight with perhaps just a teensy break. Angie may feel differently on this but, this is my opinion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471808 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:16:45 +0000 Suz 471808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, Julie - I like to tuck them, for sure...but sometimes you want to wear your pants and not your boots, no? Just to avoid the lemming look we were talking about in another thread. (Skinnies, tall boots, top, which has become so ubiquitous in some areas lately it's a uniform.) Actually, I have no objections to looking like everybody else, but I also like to wear my jeans with shoes, booties, or sandals sometimes. As long as I stay standing, they look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471806 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:14:19 +0000 Debora 471806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the rise and fit of these, Suz. Thumbs up from me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471805 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:12:54 +0000 Patty 471805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Look at that derriere!!! Looking good Suz! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471804 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:12:20 +0000 Julie 471804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um, forgive me for stating the obvious, but I think you stated the cure for your problem, tuck them into tall boots. If I'm not getting the whole picture on this one, please tell me.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Julie </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471798 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:04:46 +0000 Amy 471798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad I'm not the only one who has moments of hysteria in dressing rooms when trying to wrangle myself into skinny jeans!</p> <p>The fit on these looks pretty darned good, Suz! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471787 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:46:57 +0000 velvetychocolate 471787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These GAP Real Straight jeans look fabulous on you! So much so that I'm now on a mission to get myself a pair (based on your post). </p> <p>Seriously - they look great on you. With regard to having to smooth them out - just think of this as 'scrunch' - a good thing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471781 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:41:22 +0000 Vicki 471781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HELLO!!! Did you say there was a PPL problem? I think you just found your jeans, Suz. These look great on you and I went to my closet moments ago and have 27/4a GAP 1969 Real Straight jeans and you look a heck of a lot better in them! I mean that. As for the stretch in our jeans, I much prefer this to what we had without them. I find this adds so much comfort and movement to jeans. p.s. I had to do a deja vu with the link you included. Who was that? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471779 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:40:48 +0000 qfbrenda 471779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like them on you! I plan to try those exact jeans eventually. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471762 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:27:43 +0000 Suz 471762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's weird...jeans are so much better than they were back when I was a teenager. I had so many fit problems then. And yet one problem I didn't have was this constant readjustment. It came with stretchier fabrics, I guess. Hmmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471744 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:15:23 +0000 bella 471744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These look super duper to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471733 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:02:39 +0000 catgirl 471733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm talking about the bunching and the PPL confusion. I've got disproportionately bigger thighs and smaller calves, and I get that "rearrange the denim" syndrome as well! Sometimes up, sometimes down. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/real-straight-ppl#post-471729 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:55:24 +0000 Anonymous 471729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a great deal, Suz! And I was admiring that great fitting, deceptively simple T you have on as well. I hope you got a few! </p>